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How many half-lives does a drug go through before reaching a steady state?

A dog diagnosed with a mast cell tumor is scheduled for surgery. The veterinarian chooses to pretreat the dog with an H1 blocker to prevent the negative effects of histamine release when the tumor is manipulated. Which of the following drugs may be chosen?

The main reason that generic forms of drugs are less expensive than trademark drugs is because generic brands:

Which dog breed has a high prevalence of p-glycoprotein mutations rendering it prone to toxicity from ivermectin?

Each drug approved for use in food-producing animals has a time period given on the label between the last dose and when the animal can be slaughtered for food or when the milk can be sold. What is this period called?

An example of an antibiotic that is considered to be a beta-lactamase inhibitor is:

A 15-pound patient needs 300 mcg/kg of ivermectin.  Ivermectin is supplied in a 1% concentration.  How many mL do you need for your patient?

Ciprofloxacin works by:

One of the adverse side effects of opioid administration is:

All of the following organs may facilitate the elimination of drugs except the: